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Every time I see the prime minister speak about how crap the economy is, I am reminded of that scene from Iron Man (2008), which I have recreated here

Anyway, the Marshall Plan only kicked in after 1948, so to be honest, it’s pretty impressive we were able to have support “from cradle to grave” with a shoestring budget

Which of course the Labour party of today are keen to forget happened

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@yassie_j keir stamer has to be one of the most useless politicians on the planet. he makes joe biden look like a brilliant tactician, senility and all

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@jiub my only thought is that he is doing harsh things now, so that when the next election happens it will all be forgotten about

But yeah, he’s currently not going very hard after the wealthy and affluent in our society nor the corporations, which is very much counter to the idea of a “Labour” party

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@jiub @yassie_j I'll defend kier Starmer as an immensely capable politician actually, in just five years hes completely dismantled the entire electoral wing of the far left and reshaped the labour party so that it will never be as far left as it was under Corbyn ever again, he's successfully made conservative policy completely dominant to the degree that there's literally no serious opposition to it, he's successfully banned all puberty blockers for trans youth, managed to spin himself as pro Palestine to liberals while pledging complete support for Israel and currently having RAF pilots stationed to defend Israel / bomb Yemen and done it all under a single party majority so that he'll stay in despite everyone hating him until 2029. It's imo a masterclass on getting everything he wants done despite all of his policies being immensely unpopular with the British people.
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@yassie_j i'm just thinking, my brother in christ, you have your own currency and the capacity to borrow an extremely large amount of money. just borrow money so such extreme cuts don't need to happen even if it causes some inflation

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@FiringSquadsEnjoyer @yassie_j @jiub
Seeing y'all's political landscape be made up of three conservative parties and fucking FARAGE is making me glad I live in Argentina. Like sure we have Milei but at least the Justicialist Party hasn't fully abandoned their roots.
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@FiringSquadsEnjoyer @jiub @yassie_j
So y'know thank you for giving me that sense of perspective I guess.
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@FiringSquadsEnjoyer @yassie_j ok wow when you put it that way that probably wasn't easy lmao

clearly i attributed too much to incompetence and not enough to evil

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@jiub @FiringSquadsEnjoyer yeah he’s not incompetent, his electoral strategy was very sound. He targeted voters pitch-perfectly, which allowed him to get one of the greatest parliamentary majorities in British history with one of the least shares of the national vote. It’s impressive how good he is as an operator. I can imagine that while it looks politically unpopular and unplayable to do what he’s doing now, there is some overarching vision in mind.

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